Cafu to visit Kolkata in FIFA World Cup build-up

Cafu will also be having a football workshop with budding young talents in the city, the organisers announced.

Published : Oct 31, 2022 21:55 IST , Kolkata

FILE PHOTO: Brazilian defender Cafu dodges past Ghanaian goalkeeper Richard Kingston during the pre-quarterfinals against Ghana in Dortmund on 27 June 2006. 
FILE PHOTO: Brazilian defender Cafu dodges past Ghanaian goalkeeper Richard Kingston during the pre-quarterfinals against Ghana in Dortmund on 27 June 2006.  | Photo Credit: AFP
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FILE PHOTO: Brazilian defender Cafu dodges past Ghanaian goalkeeper Richard Kingston during the pre-quarterfinals against Ghana in Dortmund on 27 June 2006.  | Photo Credit: AFP

World Cup winning captain Cafu is set to visit football-mad Kolkata in the build-up to the FIFA World Cup, the Brazilian great said in a video message on Monday.

“Here is Captain Cafu see you see in India in November,” the two-time World Cup winner said in his video message.

“Kolkata is a very special place and I have heard that people of Bengal has huge Brazilian fan following,” he added.

The 52-year-old will inaugurate the Kolkata Police Friendship Cup and play a charity match.

Cafu will also be having a football workshop with budding young talents in the city, the organisers announced.

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